Plicatula densata

Plicatula densata

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On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
PlicatulaPBDB
Diet
suspension feederPBDB, for Plicatula
Life habit
epifaunalPBDB, for Plicatula
Motility
stationary, attached, epibiontPBDB, for Plicatula
Vision
blindPBDB, for Bivalvia
Environment
marinePBDB, for Pectinida

Time the record covers

At least 15 million years on record.

The record covers at least 23.04 Mya to 7.246 Mya. No occurrence read is dated outside 27.3 Mya to 5.333 Mya.

Oligocene — about 2 of 34 occurrencesOligoceneMiocene — about 32 of 34 occurrencesMiocenePliocene — about 0 of 34 occurrences28–27 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences27–26 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences26–26 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences26–25 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences25–24 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences24–23 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences23–22 Mya — about 0.7 occurrences22–22 Mya — about 0.8 occurrences22–21 Mya — about 0.8 occurrences21–20 Mya — about 1 occurrence20–19 Mya — about 2 occurrences19–19 Mya — about 2 occurrences19–18 Mya — about 2 occurrences18–17 Mya — about 2 occurrences17–16 Mya — about 2 occurrences16–16 Mya — about 1 occurrence16–15 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences15–14 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences14–13 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences13–12 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences12–12 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences12–11 Mya — about 2 occurrences11–10 Mya — about 2 occurrences10–9.4 Mya — about 2 occurrences9.4–8.7 Mya — about 2 occurrences8.7–7.9 Mya — about 2 occurrences7.9–7.1 Mya — about 2 occurrences7.1–6.4 Mya — about 1 occurrence6.4–5.6 Mya — about 1 occurrence5.6–4.8 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences23.04 Mya7.246 Mya27.8 Mya4.8 Mya

34 occurrences of Plicatula densata on record, most of them in the Miocene. Bar height is expected occurrences, not a count: each fossil is spread across the span it is dated to, so a tall narrow bar means tight dating and a low wide one means loose.

When

34 occurrences

These are dates about fossils, not the animal: the record can only begin after it arose and end before it died out, so either end may reach further. Shares are expected occurrences: a fossil dated to a span is counted partly in each period it straddles. More on what this infers.

Found in

11 formations

Chipola — 30.44°N, 85.19°WChipola — 30.57°N, 85.84°WOak Grove — 30.92°N, 86.57°WKirkwood — 39.47°N, 75.35°WKirkwood — 39.46°N, 75.30°WArcadia — 27.89°N, 82.48°WArcadia — 28.15°N, 82.76°WTrent — 34.77°N, 77.18°WLa Rosa — 10.46°N, 71.03°WUrumaco — 11.20°N, 70.26°WSocorro — 10.83°N, 70.17°WTuxpan — 20.95°N, 97.38°WCaujarao — 11.45°N, 69.57°WBelgrade — 34.77°N, 77.18°W

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The named rock units Plicatula densata has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 16 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Plicatula densata and its relatives

Miocene

Where Plicatula densata and its relatives were recorded in the Miocene.

Found in the same rock

705 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 28 sites for Plicatula densata, and this reads all of them. The number is how many of those sites it was catalogued from too. The 24 sharing the most are listed.

This is not a list of everything alive at the time. It is only what has come out of the same ground as this animal and been written down.

Entered from

8 references

Each of the 34 occurrences read was entered from one of these publications, ordered by how many each accounts for. This is not a search for papers mentioning the name. Entries link to doi.org where the Paleobiology Database holds an identifier, and to its own record where it does not. Relayed as the Paleobiology Database holds them, not checked against what they resolve to.

Media and terms

Media content1

Picture of Plicatula densata

Source
iDigBio
Credit
via iDigBio
Licence
CC0
Commercial use
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No 3D scan of Plicatula densata was found in Sketchfab.

Smithsonian Open Access and MorphoSource were not reached for this taxon, so this list is what the others held rather than everything there is.

This is what the site found, which is not the same as what exists.

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Occurrence data from the Paleobiology Database, CC BY 4.0. Conrad 1843